The Lagos Division of the National Industrial
Court, on Monday, gave an order restraining the
Federal Government and his agents from
serving the about 16,000 suspended resident
doctors with sack letters.
The president of the court, Justice Babatunde
Adejumo, ordered all the Chief Medical Directors
of the 37 medical institutions across the nation
to hold action on the directive given by the
Federal Goverment to dismiss the resident
doctors.
The Federal Government had in a letter dated
August 13, 2014 directed that the Residency
Training Programme for doctors be suspended.
The resident doctors on August 18, 2014 filed a
Motion on Notice seeking court’s order
restraining the Federal Government and its
agents from both scrapping the programme
and terminating their appointment.
The application was filed on their behalf by their
lawyer, Mr. Alex Akoja, from the law firm of
Yusuf Ali SAN.
Joined as respondents in the suit are the Chief
Medical Directors of Aminu Kanu Teaching
Hospital; Jos University Teaching Hospital;
Lagos State Teaching Hospital; Nnamdi
Azikiwe Teaching Hospital; Obafemi Awolowo
Teaching Hospital; University College Hospital,
Ibadan; University of Benin Teaching Hospital;
Calabar Teaching Hospital; University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital; University of Maiduguri
Teaching Hospital; University of Portharcourt
Teaching Hospital; University of Uyo Teaching
Hospital; Usman Danfodio Teaching Hospital;
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.
Others are the medical Directors of Federal
Medical Centres in Asaba, Azare, Bida, Birnin-
Kebbi, Birnin Kudu, Gombe, Keffi, Gusau, Ido-
Ekiti, Katsina, Lokoja, Makurdi, Owerri, Owo,
Umuahia, Yenegoa, Yola, Ebute Metta, Lagos
and Yobe States.
Ruling on the application on Monday, Adejumo
said the respondents should not serve the
resident doctors with sack letter if they had not
already done so.
He held, “It is the order of the court that since
there is yet to be proof that the order has been
carried out, the 3rd to 39th respondents are
hereby restrained either by themselves, agents,
privies or any other person from serving
member of the Registered Trustee of the Nigeria
Medical Association with any letter of
termination if same had not been served on
them before today.”
On the prayer that the Residency Training
Programme for doctors not be suspended the
judge held, “I have gone through the motion
exparte, the affidavit in support as well as the
written address. In respect of prayer one
(suspension of training programme), it is my
belief that it will be better addressed when
parties join issues on the issues raised in the
motion on notice.”

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FG with their shallow decisions.